Montessori School Of Pensacola vs. Creative Learning Academy

The Montessori School of Pensacola has been a part of the educational community since 1977.

The Montessori School of Pensacola provides children with a wide range of meaningful experiences that empower them to explore their world.

We help children gradually expand their knowledge and skills and watch them grow into confident, self-directed students of life.

Children who progress through this program grow in academic competence and mastery of essential life skills.

Our mission is to help create a better world by providing children with broad educational opportunities based on Montessori principles.

At the Montessori School of Pensacola, we support the personal growth and learning of all children, families and staff.

The Montessori School of Pensacola strives for academic excellence in a nurturing environment that fosters confidence, independence and a love for learning.

We are committed to providing the best educational and developmental experience for children from early childhood through adolescence.

Creative Learning Academy (CLA) was founded in 1972 as a Montessori program for young children and has since grown into a preprimary 3 years through eighth-grade co-educational day school.

Our mission: Preparing students to learn, lead, and become the creative problem solvers of the future.

Our philosophy: We believe that children should experience a wide variety of academic, artistic, and athletic opportunities in a supportive and diverse community. We value honesty, acceptance, respect, responsibility, and trust. We provide a student-centered learning environment that is academically challenging, personalized, and focused on skills to set students up for success in high school and the workforce. Students, parents, and faculty work as partners to inspire well-rounded, lifelong learners who will become confident citizens eager to engage in a pluralistic and ever-changing world.

We educate not only with respect to academic growth and achievement, but also in the areas of athletics, fine arts, community service, and extra-curricular activities.

Our vision: Creative Learning Academy is a culturally-enriched learning community that inspires creativity, independence, and integrity. Through innovative student experiences and an academically challenging curriculum, CLA creates lifelong learners who share a vision of excellence and engage as active, compassionate citizens.

Fundamental guiding principles include small class sizes, a personalized approach, high academic standards, creative teaching strategies, a full menu of arts and activities, and strong parental involvement.